The next three days were horrible. All of the teenagers had to get three kinds of scans, an MRI, a CT, and a PET scan. Because they are short on equipment, we all had to wait for a long time. Nancy and I tried to keep ourselves busy with the board games, but after one day we were already done with them.So I was left alone with my thoughts. I couldn't help but think about my parents and brother. My brother would be at home by now. An image of him showed up in my head and the longing for him grew with the second. I missed his soothing voice, his funny jokes, and his comforting words. I had already missed him so much because he was gone so many times before I left the home. I wanted so desperately proof them I was good enough to stay in their family. I just needed time. Why couldn't they love me like my brother? Why did they never talk about their feelings? Why were they always so cold towards me?I heard from many teenagers that either their parents had sat

Jim Carter p.o.vI saw them wheeling Alice to the OR for the procedure. I wanted to stay with her, never before had I this urge to protect the child of my current case. I had seen many broken families, but this case would stay with me forever. Never, ever, have I seen a father and mother give up their child for not getting the grades they wanted to see.Also, I had never experienced a child who wanted as badly to go home as Alice. How many conversations have I had with her parents, trying to convince them to stop the adoption process. Three times we have denied their request, but when they came the fourth time, my boss, Mary Anderson, said something remarkable. She told us it was possible if her parents didn't want her at home and weren't satisfied with her schoolwork she could be abused, not physically but mentally.With this reasoning we could process their request into the system, as we could justify, according to the law, to put Alice in the

Hadeon p.o.vThere she was, comfortable in my arms with her curious gaze, looking at us. She was the most precious thing I had ever seen. This was worth the wait. Alice was perfect. I hold her little hand and kissed it, just like James did. She then made a sound that would be imprinted in my memory forever, she giggled.I looked at James and he looked at me and we both shared a smile. This is it, our little family. I bounced her a bit, which caused her to get sleepy. A tiny yawn escaped from her mouth. How adorable she was.We were so entranced with our baby girl that we didn't notice Jim trying to say something to us. "Sorry Jim, you were saying?" I asked. He chuckled. "No apologies needed but if you want to adopt that little cutie over there we need to go over some papers. Then you can spend as much time as you want with your daughter."Yes of course Jim," I said as I laid the little munchkin down in her crib. A frown appeared on her fa

Hadeon p.o.vThe whole crying incident was quite the scare. Just as we thought we got the hang of it, this happened. James was all over the place. He felt bad because he couldn't comfort his little girl like her daddy. Having a distressed husband and a crying daughter was a lot to handle, but in the end, we both managed. After coaxing James to call Jim, our little girl became calm. James refused the first three times I had suggested it. He kept saying that we had to be able to calm her down. Then I had to explain to him she wasn't an ordinary baby and that maybe Jim knew what was going on and he did. With the help of Jim, she was finally quiet and was now sucking on her pacifier.During breakfast and after her first nap of the day she acted differently from yesterday. She was less likely to put everything in her mouth as she did yesterday, but she still remained very cute. It was after her second nap we saw more of a baby of six months old. A wave of r

Hadeon p.o.vOur little girl was now twelve days with us and I could say I was blessed. The little sunshine made our life's so much brighter. She was our missing piece all along. I had already gone back to work and it was now the job of James to watch over our little girl during the day. I was a bit jealous but coming home was so much more fun now, seeing the love of my life with my sunshine.Alice knew by now the difference between us and every time I got back she always held her arms out to me. She was just the cutest. At work I had already bragged about my little girl, sharing tons of pictures with my employees. She also managed to give us quite the scare with her ability to roll over to her belly. One time when I was changing her she almost fell off the table. I had nearly a heart attack. Once again if James knew this he would kill me, that's for sure.I was so happy with our little family. We had almost given up on having a pot